Cowgirls Start Road Swing In Orlando Against UCF

Game Notes

Oklahoma State Cowgirls
(7-5, 0-1 Big 12) • Head Coach: Jacie Hoyt (Seventh Year — 109-82)
vs.
UCF Knights

(9-2, 0-1 Big 12) • Head Coach: Sytia Messer (Fifth Year — 77-58)

Game 13 · Jan. 3, 2024 · 5:00 p.m. (CST)
Venue: Addition Financial Arena (10,000)
Video: None
TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Radio: KGFY — 105.5 FM, Varsity Network App (Casey Kendrick, Latricia Trammell)
Stats: ucfknights.com
Tickets: ucfknights.com
Social Media: Twitter — @osuwbb, Instagram — @osuwbb
Facebook — www.facebook.com/CowgirlBasketball/

What 2 Watch 4
• Oklahoma State will head to Orlando in search of its first Big 12 win of the season when it faces UCF on Jan. 3 at 5 p.m. (CST).
• The contest will mark the front end of a two-game road swing that will take OSU to TCU on Jan. 6.
• OSU went 3-6 in Big 12 road games last year in its first season under the direction of head coach Jacie Hoyt.
• The contest could mark the first action in a Cowgirl uniform for newcomer Emilee Ebert, who joined the program after the holiday break. She spent the previous four seasons at Kansas State.
• Quincy Noble is 11 points shy of reaching the 1,500-point mark for her career.
• Noble ranks 64th nationally among current active leaders with her career point total.
• She checks in at No. 14 in the country at 90.9 percent from the free-throw line.
• Lior Garzon enters the event with 109 treys as a Cowgirl. She is one trey away from tying for eighth and two away from the No. 7 spot on the school's all-tine list.
• Stailee Heard currently ranks 25th nationally in field-goal percentage at 59.3 percent.
• Heard is currently averaging 15.1 points per game. Clinette Jordan's 13.9 points per game in 1985-86 marks the best scoring average by a Cowgirl freshman in program history.
• The Cowgirl rookie was named the Big 12 Freshman of the Week for the second time this season on Dec. 26 after her performance during OSU's two games at the Trailblazer Classic in St. George, Utah.
• Hannah Gusters has eclipsed the 20-point mark in two of her four contests as a Cowgirl, including a career-high 27 points at Utah Tech.
• Chandler Prater will miss the remainder of the season due to an injury suffered against Ohio State.
• On two occasions this season, the Cowgirls set the program's single-game record with 15 made 3-pointers. OSU set the standard at Colorado before matching the feat against Missouri State.

Last Time Out
• OSU suffered its first home loss of the year against Iowa State on Dec. 30 and dipped to 20-4 inside Gallagher-Iba Arena under the direction of head coach Jacie Hoyt.
• Anna Gret Asi poured in a career-high 27 points in the contest against Iowa State.

OSU vs. UCF ... The Series
• The Cowgirls won the lone meeting between the two programs, a 75-55 victory on Dec. 22, 2015.
• That contest took place in Orlando.

Know The Foe
• The Knights carry a 6-1 record at home into the contest.
• UCF's lone loss on its home floor came on Dec. 18, a 59-58 setback against Florida Atlantic.
• Achol Akot ranks 38th nationally with her 9.5 rebounds per contest.
• UCF is 23rd in the country in field-goal percentage defense (34.9 percent), 32nd in rebound margin (9.7), 34th in scoring defense (54.9) and 34th in 3-point field-goal percentage defense (25.8 percent).
• Additionally, the Knights are 29th in 3-point percentage at 37.1 percent.

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Players Mentioned

Anna Gret Asi

Emilee Ebert

Lior Garzon

Hannah Gusters

Stailee Heard

Quincy Noble

Chandler Prater

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